unit 13: professional ethics & code of conduct

• standards of behavior in one’s personal life, occupation, and workplace

• principles that govern a person’s behavior in the workplace or work environment

• set of rules by which professionals should act toward other people in the place of work

• sound moral and ethical principles

• application of ethics, morals, standards of behavior

• specific examples, cases, and situations on how to use ethics in the workplace

• maintain his/her ethical behavior and to show good professional conduct

to make a public declaration, or commitment to serve for a good end

• personal and corporate standards of behavior expected from and by a professional

• how professionals are to pursue their common ideals and to protect each professional from certain pressures

• clear set of obligations based on tradition, society’s expectations, contracts, laws, and rules of ordinary morality

• obligations to their employers, clients, customers, other professionals, the profession itself, and the society in general

• Value statements and serve like the Constitution

• guide behavior and outline set of principles for decision making

“treating others the way we would like to be treated”

• Provide the action → code of ethics

• apply the codes of ethics to particular and relevant situations

• List of guidelines or conditions

• Official documents that clearly define how a professional or a company employee should behave in the workplace on a daily basis

Professional Code of Conduct

Ethical Principles

Professional Code of Conduct: Benefits

• Wholeheartedly knowing the professional ethics & conduct

Professional Code of Conduct: Benefits

• how clients’ affairs are handled

Professional Code of Conduct: Benefits

• resisting pressure to act inappropriately, making acceptable decision in what may be “gray areas”

Professional Code of Conduct: Benefits

• Provide common understanding of acceptable practice which builds ___, allows for fairer disciplinary procedures

may state that all professionals shall “observe confidentiality”

may provide a list of guidelines or conditions in implementing confidentiality

General Principle of Professional Conduct

knowing what is right or wrong

ability to engage in sound moral reasoning and consider carefully the implications of alternative actions

Specific Principles of Professional Conduct

• Professionals are committed to a life of service to others

• Prepared for heroic sacrifice and genuine selflessness, even at the expense of personal gain

Specific Principles of Professional Conduct

• Professionals shall perform their responsibilities with the highest sense of integrity and imbued with nationalism and spiritual values

• Maintain objectivity, be free of conflicts of interest, refrain from engaging in activity that would prejudice their abilities to carry out their duties ethically

Specific Principles of Professional Conduct

• Professionals shall, therefore, undertake only those professional services that they can reasonably deliver with professional competence

• Obligation to keep up with new knowledge and techniques, continually improve their skills, upgrade their level of competence, take part in lifelong continuing education program

Specific Principles of Professional Conduct

• Professionals should put the broader interest of the profession above one’s personal ambition and preference

• Nurture and support one organization for all its members

• Teamwork within a cohesive professional organization in effectively observing ethical practices, pursuing continuing professional development , deepening one’s social and civic responsibility

Specific Principles of Professional Conduct

• Professionals shall always carry out their professional duties with due consideration of the broader interest of the public

• Serve the public with professional concern and in a manner consistent with their responsibilities to society

• Actively contribute to the country’s national objectives

Specific Principles of Professional Conduct

• Professionals shall remain open to challenges of a more dynamic interconnected world

• Rise up to global standards

• Maintain levels of professional practices fully aligned with global best practices

Specific Principles of Professional Conduct

• Professionals shall treat their colleagues with respect and shall strive to be fair in their dealings with one another

DIRECTING THE ADOPTION OF THE CODE OF GOOD GOVERNANCE FOR THE PROFESSIONS IN THE PHILIPPINES

Executive Order 220

Section 14, Article XII

Executive Order 220

one pillar of a strong republic

Executive Order 220

Republic Act No. 8981

Executive Order 220

• promote and establish ethical awareness and competency

• to make them accountable to their public liability and fully fulfill their professional obligation

Executive Order 220

the Code will empower professionals not only to upgrade or improve their technical and ethical proficiency but also to ___

Executive Order 220

President

Executive Order 220

Section 1

Executive Order 220

Section 2: ___ directed to undertake measures, including networking with government agencies and civil society, to effectively implement and enforce the Code through the Professional Regulatory Boards (PRBs)

Executive Order 220

Section 3: The ___ issue the necessary guidelines and procedures for the enforcement of the Code.

Executive Order 220

Approval Date

Main Objective of Professional Code of Ethics

1. To define ___ towards the members of the community in general

Main Objective of Professional Code of Ethics

2. To promote ___

Main Objective of Professional Code of Ethics

3. To defend private professions from ___

Main Objective of Professional Code of Ethics

4. To preserve the ___ of the profession and the confidence of the public

Main Objective of Professional Code of Ethics

5. To defend clients from ___

Main Objective of Professional Code of Ethics

6. To fix certain standards of the ___ for services or work

Code of Ethics of MTs

Act in a spirit of ___ toward other members of the profession

Code of Ethics of MTs

Accept employment from more than one employer only when ___

Code of Ethics of MTs

Restrict my praises, criticisms, views, and opinions within ___

Code of Ethics of MTs

Treat any information I acquired in the course of my work as ___

Code of Ethics of MTs

Be dedicated to the use of clinical laboratory science to ___

Code of Ethics of MTs

Report any violations of the above principles of the professional conduct to ___

Code of Ethics of MTs

Accept the responsibilities inherent to being a ___

Ethics in the Laboratory

• Informed consent

• All tests benefit to the patient

• Access to all tests at reasonable cost

Ethics in the Laboratory

• Right to decline specimen examined

• Best possible analytical result to patient

• No discrimination in examination of patients’ sample on the basis of gender, age, or race

Ethics in the Laboratory

• Reporting

• Interpretation of results

• Residual specimen

• Data access

Ethics in the Laboratory

3 Basic Principles